Drinking at 15 & Drugging With Mom: Inside Bobbi Kristina's Wild Childhood
June 7 2016, Updated 11:32 a.m. ET
Before Bobbi Kristina Brown died from a combination of near-drowning and drug intoxication at just 22, the only daughter of troubled stars Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was spiraling out of control from a very young age. In Bobby's upcoming memoir Every Little Step: My Story, Bobbi Kristina's half-sister tells all about the aspiring singer's dark life.
Before Bobbi Kristina Brown died from a combination of near-drowning and drug intoxication at just 22, the only daughter of troubled stars Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was spiraling out of control from a very young age. In Bobby's upcoming memoir Every Little Step: My Story, Bobbi Kristina's half-sister tells all about the aspiring singer's dark life.
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According to La'Princia Brown, 26, the daughter of Bobby's ex-girlfriend Kim Ward, Bobbi Kristina began getting into trouble after her parents' 2007 split— when she was just 14.
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La'Princia claims she began to notice her sister's wild behavior and craving for booze the following year, when Bobbi Kristina accompanied her to Massachusetts for a Christmas celebration. "She brought Everclear with her to my house, which is this really high grade of grain alcohol, basically like moonshine," she writes.
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Bobbi Kristina encouraged her big sister to drink by fixing her a glass of Everclear with orange juice. "It tasted terrible," La'Princia recalls.
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La'Princia immediately became suspicious of her sister's relationship with rehab-alum and alleged beater Nick Gordon, now 20, who was sued years later by Bobbi Kristina's estate for wrongful death. "I remember wondering why she was hanging out with a guy with a mustache and beard who looked like a grown man," she says.
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The Boston-based college grad was shocked when Whitney began partaking in Bobbi Kristina's illegal activities. On the day La'Princia met Nick, she witnessed Nick, Krissi, Whitney and another teenager smoking pot together at a California hotel! "Things got real strange," she writes. (Whitney later died in 2012.)
Happy Birthday Kris❤️🎉 hope to celebrate tonight in dreamland😌
Posted by La'Princia Q. Brown on Friday, March 4, 2016
Now, La'Princia is left mourning her little sister, and even gave her a shoutout on what would have been her 23rd birthday in March. "Hope to celebrate tonight in dreamland," she posted.
